Luke 9:31 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³¹ who appeared in splendor, and were speaking of Jesus’ [coming] departure [i.e., His imminent death], which He was soon to experience at Jerusalem.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Who appeared in splendor and majesty and brightness and were speaking of His exit [from life], which He was about to bring to realization at Jerusalem.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Common English Bible

³¹ They were clothed with heavenly splendor and spoke about Jesus’ departure, which he would achieve in Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And they spoke of his departure, which he would accomplish at Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Appearing in majesty. And they spoke of his decease that he should accomplish in Jerusalem.

Luke 9:31 Cross References

Luke 9:22

saying, “The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the [Jewish] elders, leading priests and experts in the Law of Moses. Then He will be killed and [yet] be raised up on the third day.”

Luke 9:30

Then suddenly two men were [seen] talking with Jesus. They were Moses and Elijah,

John 1:29

On the next day John [the Immerser] saw Jesus approaching him and said, “Look, [there is] the Lamb of God; He [will] take away the sin of the people of the world.

2 Corinthians 3:18

But all of us [Christians], with unveiled faces, see the Lord’s splendor reflected, as [though we were] looking in a mirror, and [so] are being transformed into His likeness in ever-increasing splendor. This is [the work] of the Lord, [who is] the Holy Spirit.

Philippians 3:21

who will change our lowly [physical] bodies and make them like His glorious body. [He will do this] according to the power that enables Him even to bring everything into submission to Himself.

Colossians 3:4

[So], when Christ, who is your [or, “our” source of] life, appears [i.e., at His second coming], then you people also will appear with Him in splendor [i.e., in heaven].

Hebrews 11:22

By [having] faith, when Joseph was about to die, he mentioned the Israelites’ departure [from Egypt] and gave [them] instructions concerning his bones [i.e., that they were to take them back to Palestine. See Gen. 50:25].

1 Peter 5:10

And the God who bestows every unearned favor [upon His people], who invited you to partake of His eternal splendor through Christ Jesus, will restore, confirm, strengthen and stabilize you people [in the faith], after you have gone through a brief time of suffering.

2 Peter 1:15

And I will make every effort to see that, after I leave [i.e., die], you will always be able to recall the things [I said to you].

Revelation 7:14

And I answered him, “Sir, [surely] you know.” And he said to me, “These are the people who have come through the terrible persecution, and they have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.